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oil in water

by Keira Deer

his hands shake as he shows me his photographs. oil in water, he says.
______several quarts per day. micro-volleys, climbing from underwater fuel tanks,

and laying like dancing ribbon, like ghosts arriving to their new lives.
______secrets spring from these ocean bodies, reported Continue reading →

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Shut Down Red Hill

by Terra Oliveira

four & a half million people
visit the island of O`ahu
per year, watch the red sun
climb down into the Pacific,
escape into paradise, laugh
with the water

as petroleum from Red Hill
leaks under the island, Continue reading →

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